2026 Jasper Knight: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Jasper Knight publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

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38 publications 510+

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Jasper Knight D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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30 D-Index 94+

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Overview

Jasper Knight is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and has a substantial body of research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their scholarly contributions focus on a range of topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Aeolian processes and effects, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Landslides and related hazards, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Jasper Knight include:

Scientists' warning of the impacts of climate change on mountains, 2022, PeerJ
A continental perspective on the timing of environmental change during the last glacial stage in Australia, 2021, Quaternary Research
Denudation and geomorphic change in the Anthropocene; a global overview., 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
New fjords, new coasts, new landscapes: The geomorphology of paraglacial coasts formed after recent glacier retreat in Brepollen (Hornsund, southern Svalbard), 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Predicting Soil Organic Carbon Content Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in a Degraded Mountain Landscape in Lesotho, 2020, Applied and Environmental Soil Science

Jasper Knight frequently collaborates with researchers including Helene Burningham, Stefan Grab, Jennifer M. Fitchett, Mohamed A. M. Abd Elbasit, and Lynda Petherick.

Their research has been published extensively in various venues, with notable recurring publications in:

South African Journal of Geology
Sustainability
South African Geographical Journal
Quaternary International
Quaternary Research

In addition to journal articles, Knight has contributed to book publications, such as a title published by Springer International Publishing in 2023 titled Selected Studies in Geotechnics, Geo-informatics and Remote Sensing.

Best Publications

Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern European Alps

Margreth Keiler;Jasper Knight;Stephan Harrison

238
Citations
Evidence for Heinrich event 1 in the British Isles

Marshall McCabe;Jasper Knight;Stephen McCarron

168
Citations
The impacts of climate change on terrestrial Earth surface systems

Jasper Knight;Stephan Harrison

146
Citations
Rock glaciers and the geomorphological evolution of deglacierizing mountains

Jasper Knight;Stephan Harrison;Darren B. Jones

130
Citations
Mountain Glacial and Paraglacial Environments under Global Climate Change: Lessons from the Past, Future Directions and Policy Implications

Jasper Knight;Stephan Harrison

110
Citations
Late Holocene (Post 4000 years BP) coastal dune development in Northumberland, northeast England

Peter Wilson;Julian D. Orford;Jasper Knight;Sharon M. Braley

101
Citations
The environmental significance of ventifacts: A critical review

Jasper Knight

91
Citations
Denudation and geomorphic change in the Anthropocene; a global overview.

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85
Citations
A continental perspective on the timing of environmental change during the last glacial stage in Australia

Haidee Cadd;Haidee Cadd;Haidee Cadd;Lynda Petherick;Jonathan Tyler;Annika Herbert

83
Citations
Introduction to coastal processes & geomorphology

Gerhard Masselink;Michael G. Hughes;Jasper Knight

75
Citations
Identification and significance of ice-flow-transverse subglacial ridges (Rogen moraines) in northern central Ireland

Jasper Knight;A. Marshall McCabe

74
Citations
Holocene coastal dune initiation in Northumberland and Norfolk, eastern UK: climate and sea-level changes as possible forcing agents for dune initiation

J. D. Orford;P. Wilson;A. G. Wintle;J. Knight

72
Citations
Ice-flow stages and glacial bedforms in north central Ireland: a record of rapid environmental change during the last glacial termination

A. Marshall McCABE;Jasper Knight;Stephen G. McCARRON

66
Citations
Boulder dynamics on an Atlantic-facing rock coastline, northwest Ireland

Jasper Knight;Helene Burningham

63
Citations
Drumlin evolution and ice sheet oscillations along the NE Atlantic margin, Donegal bay, western Ireland

Jasper Knight;A. Marshall McCabe

62
Citations
New fjords, new coasts, new landscapes: the geomorphology of paraglacial coasts formed after recent glacier retreat in Brepollen (Hornsund, southern Svalbard)

Mateusz C. Strzelecki;Mateusz C. Strzelecki;Witold Szczuciński;Aleksander Dominiczak;Piotr Zagórski

59
Citations
Limitations of uniformitarianism in the Anthropocene

Jasper Knight;Stephan Harrison

59
Citations
Transience in cascading paraglacial systems

Jasper Knight;Stephan Harrison

53
Citations
Sediments and future climate

Jasper Knight;Stephan Harrison

49
Citations
Landform modification by palaeo-ice streams in east-central Ireland

Jasper Knight;Sg McCarron;Am Marshall McCabe

42
Citations
Pleistocene glaciations in Ireland

Jasper Knight;Peter Coxon;A. Marshall McCabe;Stephen G. McCarron

39
Citations
Glacial sedimentary evidence supporting stick-slip basal ice flow

Jasper Knight

38
Citations
Geomorphological Field Mapping

Jasper Knight;Wishart A. Mitchell;James Rose;James Rose

38
Citations
Periglacial and Paraglacial Processes and Environments

J. Knight;S. Harrison

33
Citations
High resolution morphodynamics and sedimentary evolution of estuaries

Duncan M. FitzGerald;Jasper Knight

27
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Harrison University of Exeter

Julian D. Orford Queen's University Belfast

Ann G. Wintle Aberystwyth University

Helen Roe Queen's University Belfast

michael smith Royal Geographical Society

Duncan M. FitzGerald Boston University

James Rose Royal Holloway University of London

James Goff University of New South Wales

Tim J Cohen University of Wollongong

Timothy T. Barrows University of New South Wales

External Links

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